By Tom Breihan on January 31, 2011 at 11:55 a.m. EST

Billboard reports that Oscar and Grammy-winning British film composer John Barry, most famous for his work on James Bond movies, died yesterday in New York. He was 77.

Barry scored his first film, the Adam Faith vehicle Beat Girl, in 1960. In 1962, he scored the first James Bond movie, Dr. No. His would go on to write music for many Bond films, including Thunderball, Goldfinger, From Russia With Love, and You Only Live Twice. Barry also scored dozens of other movies, including Body Heat and Midnight Cowboy. He won Oscars for his work on Born Free, The Lion in Winter, Out of Africa, and Dances With Wolves.